Biggest rivalry in boxing

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  1. DLSC

    DLSC Boxing Addict Full Member

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    My choice is Ali vs Frazier. If you agree, what is your 2nd choice. If you don't agree, who do you think is the biggest rivalry in boxing.
     
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  2. Maxmomer

    Maxmomer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Britton-Lewis
    Ketchel-Papke
     
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  3. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    thats a great call and one i'd forgotten about:goodtogether with ali-frazier i'd add robinson-lamotta and saddler-pep
     
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  4. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    King/IRS (although it was a bit too one sided)
     
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  5. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    not the biggest...just ones that sprung to mind....obvious enough ones really

    Griffith- Paret
    Walcott- Charles
    Zale- Graziano
    Bowe- Holyfield
    Duran- De Jesus
    Gatti- Ward
    Louis-Schmeling
    Saddler-Pep
     
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  6. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Some of the more obvious ones are picked .So Jeanette /Langford/ McVey/Wills, is a Round Robin, of pretty awesome dimensions.
     
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  7. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Klaus-Pappke
    McVey-Jeanette
    Langford-Wills
    MAB-EM
    Vazquez-Marquez
    Hagler-Hearns
    Scholz-Müller
     
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  8. Jack Dempsey

    Jack Dempsey Legend Full Member

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    Dempsey v Tunney, over 200,000 people saw their 2 bouts
     
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  9. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Morales-Barrera must rank high
     
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  10. blaghaus

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    Benn - Eubank.
     
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  11. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Mendoza-McVey
     
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  12. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Yeah, I say if not Ali/Frazier then Saddler/Pep. But I'll think about more. Morales/Barrera definitely gets an honorable mention from me.
     
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  13. Lobotomy

    Lobotomy Guest

    Surprised Tunney-Greb hasn't gotten a mention. Grantland Rice and Regis Welsh thought Harry took their second match, and some sources also had him getting the better of the newspaper draw for their fourth bout in Cleveland, when Gene was coming off his filmed shellacking of Carpentier. Could Greb have legitimately won that series 3-2?

    I can't see Ali and Frazier being eclipsed though, between the FOTC and Manila. Two phenomenal epic wars with reversed outcomes.
     
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  14. bman100

    bman100 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Robinson-Jake Lamotta

    fought each other 6 times.
     
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  15. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Paul "Samson" Körner - Hans Breitensträter
     
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